▲ 470 ▼ Thank god the debt got blown up so that suppressors are tax free (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by MarriedCavelady50@lemmy.ml to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world 309 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 0 points 1 year ago (7 children) Are airbags tax-exempt? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago Worse they are tarrifed we import basically all of them for every kind of car permalink fedilink source parent [–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children) Yes, airbags are exempt items from the National Firearms Act. Your question genuinely doesn't make sense. What tax do you think applies to airbags? Property tax? Sales tax? No one is suggesting suppressors be "tax-exempt", especially because that term doesn't make any sense in this context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago What tax do you think applies to airbags? VAT. I didn’t know the United States doesn’t have that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] koper@feddit.nl -2 points 1 year ago* (3 children) "there is no valid argument [...] for [...] taxing suppressors" This sounded like you were arguing that they should be tax-exempt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) The problem with your comment, yet again, is "tax-exempt" is a meaningless term in this context. What does that mean, exactly? Exempt from what tax? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] koper@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I am merely trying to decipher your words. So why don't you just tell us what you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago Prior to this bill, the sale of a supressor would incur an additional $200 federal tax on top of whatever state sales tax was owed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago Worse they are tarrifed we import basically all of them for every kind of car permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children) Yes, airbags are exempt items from the National Firearms Act. Your question genuinely doesn't make sense. What tax do you think applies to airbags? Property tax? Sales tax? No one is suggesting suppressors be "tax-exempt", especially because that term doesn't make any sense in this context. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago What tax do you think applies to airbags? VAT. I didn’t know the United States doesn’t have that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] koper@feddit.nl -2 points 1 year ago* (3 children) "there is no valid argument [...] for [...] taxing suppressors" This sounded like you were arguing that they should be tax-exempt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) The problem with your comment, yet again, is "tax-exempt" is a meaningless term in this context. What does that mean, exactly? Exempt from what tax? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] koper@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I am merely trying to decipher your words. So why don't you just tell us what you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago Prior to this bill, the sale of a supressor would incur an additional $200 federal tax on top of whatever state sales tax was owed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 year ago What tax do you think applies to airbags? VAT. I didn’t know the United States doesn’t have that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] koper@feddit.nl -2 points 1 year ago* (3 children) "there is no valid argument [...] for [...] taxing suppressors" This sounded like you were arguing that they should be tax-exempt. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) The problem with your comment, yet again, is "tax-exempt" is a meaningless term in this context. What does that mean, exactly? Exempt from what tax? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] koper@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I am merely trying to decipher your words. So why don't you just tell us what you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago Prior to this bill, the sale of a supressor would incur an additional $200 federal tax on top of whatever state sales tax was owed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) The problem with your comment, yet again, is "tax-exempt" is a meaningless term in this context. What does that mean, exactly? Exempt from what tax? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] koper@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I am merely trying to decipher your words. So why don't you just tell us what you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago Prior to this bill, the sale of a supressor would incur an additional $200 federal tax on top of whatever state sales tax was owed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] koper@feddit.nl 1 point 1 year ago (1 child) I am merely trying to decipher your words. So why don't you just tell us what you mean? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago Prior to this bill, the sale of a supressor would incur an additional $200 federal tax on top of whatever state sales tax was owed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago Prior to this bill, the sale of a supressor would incur an additional $200 federal tax on top of whatever state sales tax was owed. permalink fedilink source parent
